Changes: Catbus

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The Catbus is a transporting animal bus-looking character in My Neighbor Totoro. He is met by Mei, Satsuki and Totoro. (though Totoro could have known him for years since he already knows to take it to get back to his home under the camper tree).

Film

The Catbus appears on the road of the forest, when Mei, Satsuki and Totoro waiting for Tatsuo Kusakabe's bus to arrive. After the bus speeds a bit too fast and then backs up, it meows with its glowing carlight eyes and smiles like the Cheshire Cat (when he spots the girls), the girls make a random noise in surprise.

Trivia

The Catbus is very similar to the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland due to both being fictional cats with a wide smile and it having stripes on similar areas.
When a passenger wants to go on The Catbus (mostly Totoro and the girls), its sides droop down (not like a normal bus door that slides on the side but in the movie's real bus, the doors are open with a lady standing there due to it being the era of the 50's and it being in Japan they probably didn't have buttons to open the doors like today).
In the end credits, you'll see a scene where Mei is drawing the Catbus with chalk, Mei however draws Catbus with more than twelve legs.

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 {{Character
-|image = Catbus.jpg
+|image=Catbus.jpg
-|name = Catbus
+|name=Catbus
-|species = {{tag|Cats}}
+|species=Cat
-|status = Alive
+|status=Alive
-|haircolor = Brown
+|haircolor=Brown
-|eyecolor = Yellow
+|eyecolor=Yellow
-|appearance = My Neighbor Totoro
+|appearance=My Neighbor Totoro
-|2nd appearance = Mei and the Kittenbus
+|2nd appearance=Mei and the Kittenbus
-|voiceactordis = [[Frank Welker]]
+|voiceactordis=[[Frank Welker]]
-|voiceactor = [[Carl Macek]]
+|voiceactorstr=[[Carl Macek]]
-|voiceactorjp = [[Naoko Matsui]]
+|voiceactorjp=[[Naoko Matsui]]
-|role=s
+|role=Supporting character
 |kana=ネコバス
 |roumaji=nekobasu
+}}
-}}The '''Catbus''' is a transporting animal bus looking character in ''[[My Neighbor Totoro]]''. He is met by [[Mei]], [[Satsuki]] and [[Totoro (Character)|Totoro]]. (though Totoro could have known him for years since he already knows to take it to get back to his home under the camper tree).
+[[File:Carbus and Everyone.jpg|thumb]]
+The '''Catbus''' is a transporting animal bus-looking character in ''[[My Neighbor Totoro]]''. He is met by [[Mei]], [[Satsuki]] and [[Totoro]]. (though Totoro could have known him for years since he already knows to take it to get back to his home under the camper tree).
 ==Film==
-The Catbus appears on the road of the forest, when [[Mei]], [[Satsuki]] and [[Totoro (Character)|Totoro]] waiting for [[Tatsuo Kusakabe]]'s bus to arrive. After the bus speeds a bit too fast and then backs up, it meows with it's glowing carlight eyes and smiles like the Cheshire cat (when he spots the girls), the girls make a random noise in surprise.
+The Catbus appears on the road of the forest, when [[Mei]], [[Satsuki]] and [[Totoro]] waiting for [[Tatsuo Kusakabe]]'s bus to arrive. After the bus speeds a bit too fast and then backs up, it meows with its glowing carlight eyes and smiles like the Cheshire Cat (when he spots the girls), the girls make a random noise in surprise.
 ==Trivia==
-*The Catbus is very similar to the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland (due to its smile and it having stripes on the same areas).
+*The Catbus is very similar to the Cheshire Cat in ''Alice in Wonderland'' due to both being fictional cats with a wide smile and it having stripes on similar areas.
 *When a passenger wants to go on The Catbus (mostly Totoro and the girls), its sides droop down (not like a normal bus door that slides on the side but in the movie's real bus, the doors are open with a lady standing there due to it being the era of the 50's and it being in Japan they probably didn't have buttons to open the doors like today).
-*In the end credits you'll see a scene where Mei is drawing the catbus... but adding extra legs and skin windows...
+*In the end credits, you'll see a scene where Mei is drawing the Catbus with chalk, Mei however draws Catbus with more than twelve legs.
-*The only dialogue you'll get is from the rodents above it, (most buses don't have a voice intercom outside of the bus... maybe in Japan... but not really sure since the bus in the movie didn't say anything so it could be they don't have an intercom or didn't wanna add one but the Catbus is the only one who has an outside intercom)... it could be the rodents talking or the Catbus.
+==See Also==
-*Here's more on this critter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catbus
+* [[wikipedia:Catbus|Catbus]] on Wikipedia
 [[de:Katzenbus]]
-[[Category:Vehicles]]
 [[Category:Cats]]
-[[Category:Genderless Characters]]
+[[Category:My Neighbor Totoro characters]]
+[[Category:Mei and the Kittenbus characters]]
+[[Category:Characters]]
+[[Category:Supporting characters]]